Note 69 — PART III. LOCAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS.

Baxter, in his glossary, derives it from the ancient British words Pen ual, the head of the Wall. A comparatively modern village would hardly take a Celtic name; besides, although the Roman station has a commanding prospect in a military point of view, it is scarcely so elevated as to be entitled to the epithet of Pen or Ben; the village of Benwell is below it.